Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter named Monique Grant to write her story, no one is more astonished than Monique herself. Determined to use this opportunity to jump-start her career, Monique listens in fascination. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to leaving show business in the 1980s -- and of course the seven husbands along the way -- Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. As Evelyn's story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways. The two women struggle with what it means -- and what it costs -- to face the truth.